Author: Richard LakePublisher:
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Category : Grain
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Competitiveness of the Great Lakes/Seaway System
Author: Richard LakeThe Great Lakes/Seaway Enters the Nineties
Author: R. W. LakePublisher: Marine Office, Ministry of Transportation
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
This document presents some conclusions from a study by the Research and Traffic Group for the Marine Office of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation on the commercial attractiveness and priorities for policy development of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway system. The document gives background information on the use of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River as a major shipping route; the amount of shipping using the route and the costs involved, including the amount and worth of various commodities; the competitiveness of this route in comparison with the Mississippi River, the railway to the West Coast, direct rail for eastbound grain, water/rail transport of iron ore, and the user pay dilemma; and some methods of enhancing the competitiveness of the St. Lawrence Seaway, including an extended season, an improvement in technology and operations, relaxing coastal trade restrictions, introducing container services, increasing truck/water services, adjusting grain institutions, and establishing policy priorities.
Economic Impacts of the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Seaway System
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Great Lakes (North America)
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
"This This analysis estimates the combined U.S. and Canadian economic impacts of all marine cargo moving on the bi-national Great Lakes-Seaway system, including domestic cargo moving between U.S. ports; domestic cargo moving between Canadian ports; cross-lake cargo moving between the U.S. and Canada; and international cargo moving between system ports and overseas ports"--Page 3.
The 21st Century
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Saint Lawrence Seaway
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
The Great Lakes/Seaway System
Author: International Association of Great Lakes PortsPublisher:
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Category : Great Lakes (North America)
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Great Lakes Transportation System
Author: Eric SchenkerPublisher: Madison : University of Wisconsin Sea Grant College Program
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Category : Great Lakes (North America)
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: United States. Department of TransportationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Summary of Preliminary Feasibility Studies for Great Lakes Connecting Channels and Harbors Study
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Category : Channels (Hydraulic engineering)
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
"The study is to determine the feasibility of further commercial navigation improvements to the connecting channels, locks, and harbors on the upper four Great Lakes, and the extent of any federal interest. Preliminary feasibility studies have been completed. In response to the commercial navigation proglems, needs, and opportunities, several alternative structural plans were evaluated... A non-structural plan... and a No action plan were also evaluated."--Syllabus.
Avenir de la Loie Maritime Du Saint-Laurent Et Des Grands Lacs - Rapport Du Comité Permanent Des Transports
Author: Canada. Parliament. House of Commons. Standing Committee on TransportPublisher:
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Category : Great Lakes (North America)
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Federal Efforts to Extend Winter Navigation on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway--status and Problems to be Resolved
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
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Category : Great Lakes
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description